18 Aud they that were vexcd with unclean Mmirits, and they were healed. 16 And the whole multitude* ſonght to touch kim, * Mat. 14- -—y there went vertue out of him, and healed them 35: all, | | . Such paſſages as theſe we meet with ſeveral times in the Evange- iſts,who not Writing a particular account of the ſeveral Miracles wrought, or Diſcourſes made by our Savionr, oftentimes they ive us a general account of more than they particularly mention. Some think that Lube referreth here to Mark. 3. 7, 8. but Mark feemetk rather to refer to a Multitude that followed him, before he weat up to the Mountain, which yet might be the ſame People coming again the next Morning, and waiting for Chriſt s coming down from the Mountain. * 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his diſciples, and _ —_" * Bleſſed be ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of * Mat. 5: 2-
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21 * Bleſſed are ye that huvger now, for ye ſhall + b * | 65. 13. — Bleſſed are ye that weep now, for ye ſhall * 1,55. 5. augh. | 22 * Bleſſed are ye when men ſhall hate you, and *Mat 5. rr. when they ſhall ſeparate you from their company, and 7 Pct. 2-19. ſhall reproach you, and caſt out your name as evil, for © 3: 14+ the Son of mans ſake. 23 * Rejoyce ye in that day, and lzap for joy, for behold,your reward & great in heaven, for * in the like * at-7.7. manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
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There are many that think that what Lube hath in theſe Verſes, and ſo to the end of this Chapter, is buc a ſhorter Epitome of what Matthew, hath in his fifth, ſixth and ſeventh Chapters, and that vuth Matthew and Luke mean the ſame Sermon Preached at the ſame time. The things which favour this opinion are, 1. That Sermon is ſaid to be Preached upon.a Monntain ; this, when he came down, and ſtood upon the plain (by which ſome underſtand only a plaincr, and more level part of tne Mountain,) 2. That very many paflages in the remaining part of this Chapter,are plainly the ſame with tho'c we findin one of theſe three Chapters in Matthew. TI cn hurdly be of that mind. 1. Becauſe of the Phraſe here uſ:d, he came down, and ftooad in the Plainit 1 emeth to we hard to interpret that either of the top of the 4:0untain (wiiica might be a plain) for how then could he beſaid to come down ? or cfa plainer p'1ce of the Mentain, 2. The NVultitude deſcribed there are faid to have come from Ga!z- lee, Decapolis, Feruſalem, -Fudea, and bevond Fordan, Thefe are ſaid to have come from Fudea, Feruſalem,and thc Sea-caaft of Tyr* ant Si- don. But thirdly,Principally from the great diffcrence 1n the Re'-t ons of Matthew and Luke. 1. Many large Dijcoarjes are not touched by Luke, viz. Chriſt's whole Diſcourſe in giving a true Interpretation of the Law, his Diſcourſes, Matth. 5. about Alms, Prayer, Fiſting. 2. Lube here putteth three Verſes together, wherein there are Woes denounced, of which Matthew ſaith nothing. Now tho it be uſual with the Evangeliſts to relate the ſame Diſcourſes, and Mira- cles with ſome different Circumſtances, yet not with ſuch confidera- bie differences, and Variaticns. Matthew records nine Bleſſ?dneſſes pronounced by Chriſt. *Zake butgfour, and thoſe with ccnfidera- ble Variation from Matthew. As for thoſe things which incline ſome to think it the ſame Sermon, they do not ſeem to me Conclu- dent. For what they ſay as to the Place,it rather proves the contra- ry. Matthew ſaith, it was when he had got up into # Mountain, and ſat down. Luke ſaith, he was come down, and ſtood in the Plains Nor is it more conſiderable,that moſt of the paſſages in this Chapter, are to be found in the fifth, fixth or ſeventh Chapter of Matthew z for, as they are not here exadly repeated accorcing as Matthew Re- cites them, ſo what ſhould hinder but that *our Saviour at another time,and to another Auditory, might Preach the ſame things which concern all Men? Leaving therefore all to their own Judgwents, I ſce no reaſon to think that this Diſcourſe was but a ſhorter Co- py of the ſame Diſcourſe, referring to the ſame time and Company. This being premiſed, let us now come to conſider the Words them- ſelves,comparing them with the Words recited by Matthew [ Bleſſed be ye Poor,for yours is the Kingdom of God. | Matthew ſaith, Bleſſed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs #s the Kingdom of Heaven. It 15 true, neither Riches, nor Poverty Bleſs, or Curſe any Man, and none that are Poor are Bleſſed, if they be Proud and High-minded, nor any Rich Man Curſed, but he that placeth his Portion, or Con- ſolation in Riches 3 yet Chriſt here by the Antitheſrs, ſeems morc particularly to dire&his Diſcourſe, to relieve his Diſciples diſcoura- zed by their Por, and low Eſtate in the World ; by telling them, that whatever the World thought, they being h1s Diſciples believins in him, and following him, were-1n a better condition than thoſe that were Rich, and had their Conſolation in this Life. [Bleſſed are ye that Weep now, for you ſhall laugh. 1] Matthew ſaith, Blefjed are they that Mourn, for they ſhall be Comforted. The Senſe is much the ſame, you that are in a ſad afflited State (being my Diſciples)
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Chap. VI.
Chap. VI.